Okay, I admit I've been lurking for a decade. At least it seems that way. My GT6 has been driven a bit but the Spitfire hasn't been registered for a few months and hasn't been inspected in two years. And that brings me to why I'm wriiting now.
The poor Spitfire sat for so long the gas tank went dry. O'h, I've fired it up oncte or twicte and even put a trickle charger on the battery occasionally. But now it refuses to start. So I spent a few hours today, hours I rarely have available these days, taking the carburator (or carburettor or carburatter or however you wish it spelt) off the manifold, checking the fool pump, etc. It fires with starting fluif but isn't getting any gasoline. (And I've had a few beers now so forgive the typing please.) I had poured a gallon or so of gas into the tank and verified that the fool pump is pushing it though. The float bowl may be getting gas now, but maybe not, It takes foreverrrrrr to get the carb off because of the inacccccessible nuts on those mounting nuts. The only problem I can think of is that the float valve is stuck closed even though the floats and the shaft thingy it presses against seem okay. I should have just pulled the valve out while I had the carb off. Hindsight is a winderful thong. I wonder how long it will be before I can find the time to try all this again. A wayward member, Jim -- Jim Muller [email protected] '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
